Opportunities for antimicrobial stewardship interventions among solid organ transplant recipients

EJ Stohs, CA Gorsline - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2023 - id.theclinics.com
Antimicrobial stewardship is valuable to transplant programs to reduce the threat of
antimicrobial resistance, improve patient outcomes, and attenuate risks of drug toxicities. 1 …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the clinical diversity in Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections: a comprehensive review

J Bhanushali, U Jadhav, B Ghewade, P Wagh - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Once considered rare, nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections have garnered
increasing attention in recent years. This comprehensive review provides insights into the …

Multiparameter immunoprofiling for the diagnosis and differentiation of progressive versus nonprogressive nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease–A pilot study

PK Marty, B Pathakumari, TM Cox, VP Van Keulen… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Clinical prediction of nontuberculous mycobacteria lung disease (NTM-LD) progression
remains challenging. We aimed to evaluate antigen-specific immunoprofiling utilizing flow …

Molecular identification of non-tuberculous mycobacterial species isolated from extrapulmonary samples using real-time PCR and rpoB sequence analysis

M Hashemzadeh, AA Dezfuli, AD Khosravi… - AMB Express, 2023 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of mortality among infectious diseases and
accounts for a serious health hazard wordwide. Apart from TB, the members of non …

Identification of Significant Pathogenic Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Species from Presumptive TB Patients Using Partial hsp65 Gene Sequencing

DN Pascapurnama, NG Zavitri… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To date, the diagnosis of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) disease primarily
relies on clinical symptoms and radiological features. Our objective was to apply a sequence …

Treatment outcomes of cavitary nodular bronchiectatic-type Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease

G Chae, YE Park, YP Chong, HJ Lee… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
We investigated the treatment outcomes of patients with cavitary nodular bronchiectatic (C-
NB)-type Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) pulmonary disease (PD) via outcome …

Evaluation of two different preparation protocols for MALDI-TOF MS nontuberculous mycobacteria identification from liquid and solid media

L Pastrone, A Curtoni, G Criscione, F Scaiola, P Bottino… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) identification is essential for establishing the relevance
of the isolate and for appropriate antimicrobial therapy. Traditionally, NTM identification is …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical pharmacists' interventions and therapeutic drug monitoring in patients with mycobacterial infections

AM Woods, KC Mara, CG Rivera - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) are increasing, less
well-known by health care clinicians, and usually require long term treatment with multiple …

Mycobacterium marinum: A Case-Based Narrative Review of Diagnosis and Management

G Tsiolakkis, A Liontos, S Filippas-Ntekouan… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Skin and soft tissue infections caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria are occurring more
frequently in recent years. However, chronic skin and soft tissue lesions present a challenge …

Molecular identification of nontuberculous mycobacteria using the rpoB, argH and cya genes analysis

AD Khosravi, M Hashemzadeh, P Rokhfirooz - AMB Express, 2022 - Springer
Nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections are growing worldwide especially in
immunocompromised individuals. Since treatment of NTM infections is species-specific, the …